How to overwrite multiple files in a directory?

How can I tail all files in a directory where new files are continuously being generated?

  • I have a directory where a new file is generated every minute. I basically want to tail all such files in this directory (something like tail -F /path/to/directory/*) but this doesn't capture newly generated files.

  • Answer:

    What you are looking for is called as "Watch Folder". On linux you can use inoticoming. refer this : http://askubuntu.com/questions/43846/how-to-put-a-trigger-on-a-directory

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